6** B E E - E A T E- R. 



iS. 

 SURINAM LeGuepier, Fermin Defer, dt Surin. vol. ii. p. 184. 



B. 

 ©B-scRtp.TioN.. ^'T A HIS is the fize of a Blackbird; but refembles the Kingsfifher 

 in fhape: the irides red brown : the plumage is varied ; be- 

 hind the head it is reddifh : the neck of a greenifh yellow : the 

 quills greenifh, mixed with black and blue : claws black. He 

 does not defcribe the fecond, or fmaller kind; but fays that they 

 both feed on bees and other infects* 



37* New Zeeland Creeper, Bronx a. Zoel. illufir. p. 18. pi. g. — Coa.i'i Voy. i. p.48*- 



•t-POE Lev.Muf. 



B. 



DisoRUTioK. CIZE fomewhat bigger than a Blackbird : length eleven inches. 

 Bill an inch and a quarter long, bent, and black : infide of the 

 mouth, and tongue, yellow ; the laft is black at the end, and fur- 

 nifhed with feveral briftles : the general colour of the plumage is 

 a deep greenifh black, and in many parts very gloffy u the feathers- 

 of the neck are loofe and long ; the webs of a loofe texture, and 

 fomewhat curled, ftanding from the neck not unlike a ruff; each 

 feather has a white ftreak down the fhaft : on each fide of the 

 neck is a bunch of curled feathers, wholly white: the greater 

 wing coverts are alfo white, forming a bar acrofs the wing : the 

 tail coverts of a rich blue : the tail of the fame colour as the reft 

 of the body, and even at the end : the legs are black: the outer 

 toe joined to the middle by a membrane. 

 ?LAt.E, This inhabits New Zealand, where it goes by the name of 



Kogo j but is better known by that of Poe-bird. It is held 



* Ferjf.Foj. vol. i. p. 5 19, 



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